Month: December 2020

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Central Banks Gone Wild! Feat. Bill Barhydt

The founder of mobile crypto bank Abra discusses the massive expansion of global central bank balance sheets.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Bill Baryhdt is the CEO of Abra, a mobile crypto banking app. In this discussion with NLW, Bill talks about the year in bitcoin and why the mass expansion of central bank balance sheets was the most important economic story of the year.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Atlantropa: The Most Ridiculous Idea Ever (Encore)

In the aftermath of the horrors of WWI, many people in Europe wanted to find a better future going forward. A future of peace and prosperity, where energy, food, and jobs would be available for everyone. One man from Germany named Herman Sörgel had a VERY ambitious idea. An idea that would literally change the map of the planet Earth, and was the biggest proposed engineering project ever put forward.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: News Defining 2020

Today we are taking a look back at the news that defined the unique, impactful, and challenging year of 2020…

We’re doing this ‘year in review’ through the lens of some of the weekly Special Edition interviews we did right here on the show. You’ll hear clips of interviews from every month of the year, telling the evolving story of the coronavirus pandemic starting back in February, when the U.S. had only a couple dozen cases.

We’ll also remember some of the other big headlines and even some fun news we covered throughout the year as well.

Be sure to tune-in again each weekday (M-F) for our regular episodes to get quick, unbiased news roundups in ~10 minutes! 

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Consider This from NPR - How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our Holiday Traditions

Nothing could stop Christmas from coming. Not even a pandemic. But this year many of our holiday traditions look a bit different.

NPR business correspondent Alina Selyuk reports on how hand sanitizer and face masks have become popular stocking stuffers this year.

And we asked you to send in stories about how you're rethinking your celebrations as previous plans have been put on hold.

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Motley Fool Money - 2 Cutting-Edge Companies in 2020

In 2020, Zoom Video grew from 10 million daily meeting participants to 300 million daily meeting participants. How has Zoom managed to scale? How will Zoom maintain its culture? What’s it like when your company becomes a verb? Motley Fool senior analyst Bill Mann explores those questions with Zoom Chief People Officer Lynne Oldham. One of 2020’s most successful IPOs was insurance company Lemonade. Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner and Motley Fool contributor Asit Sharma talk with Lemonade co-founder and CEO Daniel Schreiber about disruption, data, and the future of insurance.

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CrowdScience - Do animals exercise?

At Christmas, is there a better gift than knowledge? CrowdScience has cooked up its own version of 'secret Santa', with members of the team setting one another the challenge of answering surprising questions from all over the world.

Are humans the only animals to exercise? Can you get colder than absolute zero? Why are sounds louder at night? When it comes to food dropped on the floor, is there such thing as the "three second rule"? And, does honey really have healing properties?

Producers and presenters from the CrowdScience team speak to all manner of experts, from zoologists through to material scientists, to find the answers.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producer: Caroline Steel

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Focus on Africa - Africa Today: Highlights from 2020

From a prestigious award for standing up for science, to breaking barriers to become the highest ranking woman in the Nigerian police force, and the ultra-viral internet dance challenge, Jerusalema – in this special Christmas edition of the podcast we look back at the inspiring stories that made us all think, smile and laugh in an otherwise difficult year.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - STDWYTK Presents: How May I Help You?


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The View on Bitcoin From Inside Fidelity Digital Assets, feat. Ria Bhutoria

The director of research at Fidelity Digital Assets gives her take on the crypto space.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Ria Bhutoria is the director of research at Fidelity Digital Assets. In this conversation she gives listeners a look at how one of the most important institutional players in the space has viewed the evolution of bitcoin over the past year.

Find our guest online: @riabhutoria

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